And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord,<n id="1" /> are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another,<n id="2" /> which is from<n id="3" /> the Lord, who is the Spirit.<n id="4" />p>

Grace and peace to you<n id="1" /> from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!p>

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present,<n id="1" /> there is freedom.

For we are <i>concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before meni>.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">It is necessary to go on boasting.<n id="1" /> Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth<n id="1" /> we are absent from the Lord &#8211;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Blessed is<n id="1" /> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours<n id="1" /> in the day of the Lord Jesus.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord,<n id="1" /> we try to persuade<n id="2" /> people,<n id="3" /> but we are well known<n id="4" /> to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

For you know the grace<n id="1" /> of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

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In addition,<n id="1" /> this brother<n id="2" /> has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift<n id="3" /> to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.<n id="4" />